Liverpool boss Klopp pleased with Fabinho's display in defence

  • 📰 TimesLIVE
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 52 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 24%
  • Publisher: 59%

South Africa Headlines News

Juergen Klopp pressed midfielder Fabinho into action as an emergency centre back in the absence of Virgil van Dijk and Joel Matip on Wednesday and the Liverpool manager was not in the least surprised that the Brazilian slotted in seamlessly.

Fabinho coped with everything the Dutch side Ajax Amsterdam could throw at him, making a superb clearance off the line before halftime to deny Dusan Tadic and helping Liverpool to a 1-0 Uefa Champions League victory.

"Was there pressure on the situation? Yes, it's clear for the two in the back, 100%... Fabinho can play the position, he likes playing it," Klopp told reporters. "I'm not surprised he plays well in the position otherwise we would have thought about a different solution, even when that would have been properly tricky."If I would have asked him to play right back I don't think he'd enjoy it as much as he's enjoying the centre half position.Liverpool will have to get used to playing with centre back Van Dijk, who suffered a serious knee injury following a wild tackle from Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford on Saturday.

Klopp looked to avoid potential injury problems to his high-scoring front three, substituting Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino with an hour gone at a sodden Amsterdam Arena."The pitch was tricky, deep, muddy a little bit, both teams looked exhausted pretty early.Liverpool face Sheffield United in the Premier League on Saturday.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

It wasn't da first time though..he once paired up with Virgil..way better than Gomez

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 28. in ZA

South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Jurgen Klopp: Fabinho handled the pressure situation against AjaxJurgen Klopp pressed LFC midfielder Fabinho into action as an emergency centre back against AFCAjax on Wednesday and the manager was not in the least surprised that the Brazilian slotted in seamlessly | IOLsport
Source: IOL - 🏆 46. / 51 Read more »

Jurgen Klopp: Fabinho handled the pressure situation against AjaxJurgen Klopp pressed LFC midfielder Fabinho into action as an emergency centre back against AFCAjax on Wednesday and the manager was not in the least surprised that the Brazilian slotted in seamlessly | IOLsport
Source: IOL - 🏆 46. / 51 Read more »

LootLove heartbroken after her baby brother dies: Please just come back ...'This makes no sense... I’m so angry, I’m so confused, I just want you back...' 💔💔🤗🤗 Its hard to loose the one you love ...but i say condolences loot ...may God comfort you in these hard times Shame
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »

Ex-Vodacom employee drops bombshell in Please Call Me sagaA former senior accountant at Vodacom has dropped a bombshell by stating under oath that the group is lying that it does not have data to work out the revenue generated from the Please Call Me (PCM) concept. There goes the Non Disclosure Agreements. Good news for the inventor Oops.
Source: IOL - 🏆 46. / 51 Read more »

Chiefs coach Gavin Hunt raves about young star Njabulo BlomDefender gave a masterful display after coming on as second-half substitute in Amakhosi’s win over Maritzburg in MTN8
Source: BDliveSA - 🏆 12. / 63 Read more »

Denel wants Defence Ministry to pay upDenel’s executive has told Parliament it wants more than R680-million from the Defence Department to meet its sovereign and strategic responsibilities.
Source: eNCA - 🏆 49. / 51 Read more »